Read the 22 terms necessary for Jungian psychoanalysis

Mondo Psychological Updated on 2024-01-29

Text | mario jacob

This article is excerpted from Psychoanalysis of Encounters: Empathy and Interpersonal Relationships, by Mario Jacoby, translated by Liu Jianxin and Shen Heyong).

Jung is one of the most influential psychologists of our time, and his influence is not only in the field of psychology, but also in contemporary philosophy and the humanities as a whole through his theory and practice of analytical psychology, and has influenced contemporary scientific thought and research. Freud had expected to entrust the entire future of psychoanalysis to him, but Jung remained faithful to the independence of his mind and developed his own system and method of analytic psychology, regardless of it"The collective unconscious"The theory is still"Positive imagination"technology is a contribution to psychology and even to the human mind. The content of this article is a psychological term that often appears in Jung's writings, hoping to help readers better get close to Jung and his thoughts.

1.Anima (Latin for "soul").

An unconscious female image in a masculine personality. She often appears in dreams in the image of a woman, from a prostitute with ** power to the embodiment of heart and wisdom. She is the essence of Eros, so the growth of the male anima is reflected in his relationship with the woman. Identification with anima can be as moody, weak, delicate, and overly sensitive. Jung made anima the archetype of life itself.

2.Animus (Latin for "spirit").

A male image in the unconscious of a female personality. He is the ontology of reason. Identification with the Animus can make women opinionated and argumentative. Rather, he is an inner male, acting as a bridge between the female self and her own unconscious creative source.

3.ArchetypesIt is not self-manifesting, but its influence in consciousness is presented in various archetypal images and various perspectives. They are all universal patterns that arise from the collective unconscious, and are based on religious beliefs, myths, legends, and fairy tales, and occur to individuals through dreams and visual images.

4.Association

The spontaneous flow of ideas and images that are related to each other around a specific idea, determined by unconscious connections.

5.Conplex

An emotional stacking group that includes many thoughts and imagery. The "core" of the complex is an archetype or archetypal image.

6.Constellate

Once a strong affection is developed for a person or situation, a certain complex gathers (activates).

7.Ego (ego).

It is the core complex in the realm of consciousness. A strong self can objectively relate to activated unconscious content (e.g., other complexes), but in a state of possession, rather than discriminating.

8.Feeling

One of the four functions of the mind. It is a rational function to evaluate the value of interpersonal relationships and situations. Feelings must be distinguished from emotion, which is a complex that is stimulated.

9.Individuation

It is a conscious identification with a person's unique psychological reality, including identification with both shortcomings and strengths. Self-sexualization is the experience of self-nature as the center of mental regulation.

10.Inflation

It is a high or low (negative expansion) of an unrealistic identity that a person has, which indicates a retreat from the conscious to the unconscious, especially when the self itself occupies too much of the unconscious and loses its discriminative function.

11.Intuition

One of the four functions of the mind. It is an irrational function that indicates the possibilities inherent in the days of the day. Intuition is perceived through the unconscious, that is, by flashes of insight into unknown causes;Sensation, on the other hand, uses the body's sensory organs to perceive reality directly.

12.Participation mystique

is a term derived from anthropologist Levi Brewer. It denotes a primitive mental relationship with the object, or between two people that ultimately leads to a strong unconscious connection.

13.Persona (Latin for "actor's mask").

That is, a person's social role stems from social expectations and early training. Through a flexible personality mask, a strong sense of self and the outside world are connected. Identifying with a specific personality mask (e.g., doctor, scholar, artist, etc.) can hinder psychological development.

14.Projection

That is, the process by which a person's unconscious qualities or characteristics are perceived and reacted to an external object or person. Projecting an anima or animi onto a real woman or man, the experience is love. Frustration of expectations indicates the need to retract the projection in order to make a connection with the reality of others.

15.Childish (pueraeternus, Latin for "forever young").

Indicates a type of man whose psychology has been stuck in adolescence for too long. Generally, it is associated with a strong unconscious attachment (actual or symbolic) to the mother. Positive qualities are gray hair and open-mindedness to change. His counterpart to the female side is Puella, a "naïve girl" who has a corresponding attachment to the paternal world.

16.Self

It is the archetype of personality integrity and the center of personality regulation. It is experienced as a transpersonal power that transcends the self.

17.Old Cheng (senex, Latin for "old man").

and attitudes that come with age. Negative connotations can refer to cynicism, dogmatism, and ultra-conservatism;Positive qualities are a sense of responsibility, a sense of responsibility, orderliness and self-discipline. A well-balanced personality can be kept just right between childishness and maturity.

18.Shadow

The unconscious part of the personality characterized by qualities and attitudes. The conscious self tends to reject and ignore it, both in a positive and negative sense. In dreams, it is personified as a person of the same gender as the dreamer. Consciously assimilating shadows increases energy.

19.Symbol

is the most likely expression of the basic unknown. Symbolic thinking is non-linear, right-brain-oriented;It complements logical, linear left-brain thinking.

20.Transcendent Funotion

It is the "third function" that arises from the unconscious (in the form of symbolism or a new attitude) and acts as a unified function for the two sides of the contradiction after distinction, so that the tension between the two sides of the contradiction is maintained.

21.Transference and contertransference

It is a special case of projection, and is often used to describe the unconscious emotional relationship between the two that arises from analysis or relationship.

22.Uroboros

A mysterious snake or dragon with its head and tail connected (its own tail in its mouth). It symbolizes both the process of self-absorption as a process of self-absorption that accommodates the cycle of self-circulation.

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